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An airline passenger could face a $120,000 bill after fighter jets were scrambled when he joked about blowing up the plane (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] Zorque@kbin.social 41 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It was not immediately clear how UK authorities were alerted to the message, with the judge noting "they were not the subject of evidence in this trial".

A literal "We're not the ones on trial here!" Holy shit.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago

Its the UK they invented that phrase.